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The Council’s principal power to make decisions is the Local Government Act 1999. A number of other Commonwealth
and State Acts also provide Council with the power to make decisions. Council delegates some of its powers to the City
Manager, pursuant primarily to Section 44 of the Local Government Act 1999. Delegations are set out in Council’s
Delegations and Subdelegations Manual; the Manual is available on Council’s website www.portenf.sa.gov.au or from
Council’s Offices and is reviewed annually.
Name of
Committee/Panel
Roles & functions
Regulatory/
Advisory
Meetings
Delegation
Council
Meets on a regular basis to consider reports and recommendations
from the Chief Executive Officer and Administration, set budgets,
meet statutory requirements, consider committee reports and to make
decisions on strategies and policies for the future of the area.
Regulatory Meets on 2nd
Tuesday of
every month
Development
Assessment Panel
(DAP)
Membership - three Elected Members & four Independent Members
The role of the DAP is:
• to consider all development applications referred by Council
Officers for decision;
• to act as a delegate of the Council in accordance with the
requirements of the Development Act; and
• to provide advice and reports to the Council on trends, issues
and other matters relating to planning or development that have
become apparent or arisen through its assessment of applications
under this Act.
Regulatory Held every
three
weeks on
Wednesday
Delegated
authority from
Council under
Section 20 of
Development
Act 1993
Audit Committee
Sect 126 Local
Government Act
Membership - three Elected Members & two Independent Members
The Audit Committee is responsible for:
• Reviewing annual financial statements to ensure that they present
fairly the state of affairs of the Council;
• Proposing, and providing information relevant to, a review of the
Council’s strategic management plans or annual business plan;
• Proposing, and reviewing, the exercise of powers under Section
130A;
• If the Council has exempted a subsidiary from the requirement to
have an Audit Committee, the functions that would, apart from
the exemption, have been performed by the subsidiary’s Audit
Committee;
• Liaising with the Council’s auditor; and
• Review the adequacy of the accounting, internal control, reporting
and other financial management system and practices of the
Council on a regular basis.
Advisory
Held
quarterly
on the 3rd
Tuesday of
the relevant
month
Recomm-
endations
referred to
Council
Chief Executive
Officer
Performance
Development
Review Committee
(CEOPDR
Committee)
Membership - All Elected Members
The Committee is established for the purpose of determining in conjunction
with the Chief Executive Officer, relevant Key Results Areas (KRAs) and
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Chief Executive Officer and for
undertaking the formal review process of the performance of the Chief
Executive Officer against the agreed KRAs and KPIs in accordance with these
Terms of Reference.
Advisory
Annually
Delegated
authority
from Council
under Section
41 Local
Government
Act 1999
Building Fire Safety
Panel
The role of Building Fire Safety Panel is to investigate and to ensure that
owners are maintaining proper levels of fire safety in their buildings, and
where deficiencies are identified, require that owners improve the fire
safety standards to a minimum acceptable level. The BFSP aims to achieve
this by undertaking proactive inspections, responding to public concerns,
and action South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service reports that relate to
deficiencies identified. Note: The Building Fire Safety Panel has no Elected
Member representative.
Regulatory At least every
four weeks on
Wednesday
Section 71
Development
Act 1993 and
Development
Regulations
1993
Strategic Planning
Development
Policy Committee
Membership - All Elected Members
The role of the Strategic Planning and Development Policy Committee is as
follows:-
• To provide advice to the Council in relation to the extent to which
the Council’s strategic planning and development policies accord
with the Planning Strategy.
• To assist the Council in undertaking strategic planning and
monitoring.
• To act as the Council’s delegate in relation to strategic planning
and development policy issues.
Regulatory As required
on the second
Tuesday of
the month
immediately
following the
conclusion of
the ordinary
Council
meeting
Section 101
Development
Act 1993
and Section
41 Local
Government
Act 1999
Elected Members
Workplace
Negotiation
Committee
(EMWNC)
Membership - All Elected Members
The Elected Members Workplace Negotiation Committee is established for
the purpose of considering and determining, on behalf of the Council, all
issues arising in the enterprise bargaining process between the Council,
staff and/or the Australian Municipal Administrative Clerical and Services
Union for the administrative staff of the Council covered by the Municipal
Officers’ (SA) Award to commence upon the expiration of the current
Workplace Agreement No. 1 on 31 December 2011.
Advisory
As required Delegated
authority from
Council under
Section
41 Local
Government
Act 1999
Decision making structure of the Council
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